Face it other Red Carpets: Cannes – as in The Cannes Film Festival - is the best Red Carpet.

How could it miss? The Sun. The Sea.

And a weeklong fashion show of models and actresses and model-slash-actresses parading across that broad carpet and up those stairs in the best couture the design houses can supply.

It's classier than the Golden Globes, more exciting than the SAG Awards with a je ne sais quoi the Oscars simply cannot muster (maybe that's cuz it's in France?).

The 66th annual Cannes Film Festival last month was no exception. It was refreshing in the number of actresses who showed up in tea length dresses of pure confection (Audrey Tatou was a particular standout in black Lanvin) and for its occasional offbeat moments such as Berenice Bejo's wedding-cake-white skirt topped by a classically cut blazer (all by Alexis Mabile Haute Couture).

And then there was Nicole Kidman (a festival juror) who wowed with one brilliant look after another. If they gave out a Palme D'or for best dressed, she'd win hands down.

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